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Seawall Protection: Wheelers Bay, 1999. Precast concrete tetra pods provide for wave dissipation in front of the seawall in order to minimise wave reflection. The underlying problem is one of foreshore lowering following protection that has halted cliff recession and prevented inputs of cliff sediment to the foreshore. Protection of the sea cliffs is vital in maintaining the stability of this eastern portion of the Undercliff occupied by the town of Ventnor.